Dude I got so lucky on this trip! I rolled into LA to work with a new contractor that had a few ideas of his own. Long story short because he decided to rearrange the construction schedule that meant from Monday till Friday morning I had all the free time in the world. That's my kind of work trip!
Monday started off as a travel day and Tuesday I got the flippity flop from the contractor so I decided to goto Arcadia Rock Climbing Tuesday afternoon. Which I'll get to in a moment. Wednesday I called up a friend who pointed me to the local bouldering area called Stoney Point in Northeastern LA. What a kick ass sandstone bouldering area right off the road. Man I would kill for this to be in my backyard! Near perfect sandstone bouldering right near the city. Just beware of the killer bees, because they aren't hard to find. Afterwards I went up to Long Beach to have dinner with an old skateboarding buddy and his girlfriend. Mmm, Thai food! Thursday I decided to take a drive to a widely known climbing area, Joshua Tree.
Mainly I just hiked around and stared at all those beautiful granite buttresses, but it was so worth it. Joshua Tree has never been my favorite area to climb, but damn if it's not one of the most beautiful places on the planet. The Hills Have Eyes was filmed there amongst a plethora of other movies. Since I was by myself I didn't get a chance to climb, but I did watch a few people climb while I was there. After that I did a hike that took me to a oasis, or lake in the middle of the desert.
Back to the gym. Arcadia is simple put an awesome bouldering gym. There aren't any routes here, but that's ok because this place has some super steep and tall boulders with nearly 20-ft of climbing on some boulders. The grades are some of the stoutest that I have been to thus far, but that just may have been me getting used to the setters. There is a plenty training here too. There is also a system board area, hangboards, and a wall with just a ton of the smallest crimpers that you will ever grab. If you want to climb this wall make sure you trim the fat and go there in shape, because it ain't happening if you try out that wall with a little flab on the belly. The gym also has a lot of giant bouldering pads that can be moved around because the walls appeared to be around 15 ft tall in some areas. Friendly staff, and some friendly locals at this gym.
That's it, that's all go check it out, but don't expect any routes because this gym is all bouldering.
Gym Overall: 8.0
Quality of bouldering: 8
Quality of routes: N/A
Attitudes of owners/workers: 8
Attitudes of climbers: 8
Cost: 8 ($15 day pass)
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